The Point

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

The Rule of Seven harkens back to a day when the salesperson was in control, when buyers did little to no research before talking to vendors, and when marketing was simply a string of pitches extolling the virtues of a company’s product. They engage with sales people later in the buying process. Or it could take months.

Demand Generation Agencies 100

Demand Generation Agencies Validation Demand Generation Rules 100

Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 5, 2013

We’ve heard it time and time again: according to the Corporate Executive Board (CEB) almost 60% of the buyer journey is complete before prospects reach out to vendors. And according to Harvard Business Review, “ Solution Selling is Dead ” because talking about our products and our solutions is no longer good enough.

Content Marketing 100

Content Marketing Marketing Budget Marketing Budget Creation Content 100

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Thursday, November 04, 2010 IDC: Economic Buyers, Digital Overload and Sales Enablement Define Marketing for 2011 I just had the pleasure of presenting a webinar with Randy Perry, VP Business Value at IDC. As a result, sales is being invited later into the decision making process, sales cycles are extending and deals are stalling.

Work Management 40

Work Management ROI Marketing Management Marketing Budget 40

The ROI Guy

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Two economic downturns over the past decade have made buyers more spendthrift, and more skeptical of vendor claims. Fueled by a wealth of on-line resources and social networks, buyers have seized control of the buying cycle, engaging with sales representatives later and later, and further elongating sales cycles.

Peer-to-peer 40

Peer-to-peer Marketing Automation Services Spending Marketing Budget 40

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons. Gartner CIO Study Highlights Need for Outcome-Base.

Budget Programs 40

Budget Programs Marketing Automation Services Enterprise Management ROI 40

Webbiquity

JANUARY 3, 2012

Social media, content aggregation and curation , user-generated content and other developments have dramatically changed the B2B buying cycle over the past few years. The Top-10 B2B Marketing Trends for 2011 by Everything Technology Marketing. Holger Schulze laid out these ten predictions in January 2011.

Sales Management 100

Sales Management B2B Sales Top of Funnel B2B Marketing 100

The ROI Guy

JANUARY 3, 2012

I n 2011 you worked hard to produce new value-focused tools, empowering your sales team to meet the growing challenges of today’s more empowered, skeptical and frugal buyer. Most sales professionals will readily admit that buyers have taken control of the buying cycle, and are demanding a different more value-based sales approach.

Tools 40

Tools Paid Search Agency Buying Cycle Work Management 40